Schafott
German, noun/ʃaˈfɔt/
Schafott is spelled S-C-H-A-F-O-T-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 77,779th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schafott is a German neuter noun meaning “scaffold (for executing people)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “erhöhte Richtstätte für Hinrichtungen”.
What does Schafott mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterscaffold (for executing people)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. erhöhte Richtstätte für Hinrichtungen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Schafott
- Schafottes genitive
- Schafotts genitive
- Schafotte plural
- Schafotten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schafott?
- /ʃaˈfɔt/
- [ʃaˈfɔt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schafott
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schafott in German?
Schafott appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).